Flashback vs. Analepsis

Flashbacknoun

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

Flashbacknoun

(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs.

Flashbacknoun

A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.

Flashbacknoun

The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.

Flashbacknoun

(databases) A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.

Flashbackverb

(intransitive) To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.

Flashbacknoun

a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene; also, the scene thus introduced.

Flashbacknoun

An unusually vivid recollection of a prior experience, often one that is traumatic, such as scenes from combat or a criminal assault, or induced by hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD; when accompanied by hallucinations it is called flashback hallucinosis.

Flashbacknoun

a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story

Flashbacknoun

an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)

Analepsisnoun

A form of flashback in which earlier parts of a narrative are related to others that have already been narrated

Analepsisnoun

(medicine) Recovery of strength after sickness.

Analepsisnoun

(medicine) A kind of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.

Analepsis

Recovery of strength after sickness.